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Thursday, 12 September 2013

I am a finalist! And you can be a winner, too! … Ich bin im Finale! Und Sie können auch gewinnen!

Woohoo, I am a finalist in the CarpetVista carpet design competition! Just found out they had more than 16.000 submissions from all over the world, 16.000, oh my! There are still lots of designs in the finals, but happy to be there :-) I submitted 5 designs, and these 3 carpet designs were selected:

I am in need of your help now! The winners will be selected by public voting: please vote for my designs! (I will be forever thankful, promised!!! Plus you have the chance to win a carpet with a designs you voted for! Which makes me feel a bit better about asking for votes …
The gallery is open for voting from 12/9 to 25/10. It gives a short explanantion about the voting procedure as well. Winners will be announced on 28/10. Fingers crossed!

Lace Wood is very much the portrait of my surroundings. I live in the Lahn River Valley in Germany and it's densely wooded hills are very inspiring to me. With the change of weather, light and season they can be soft and beautiful or dark and mysterious.

General inspiration: nature, romantic, old tales.

Old gold palette: mysterious, rich and glowing.

Light blue palette: soft, peacefull, meditative.

As a carpet design "Lace Wood" brings nature into our homes and takes you on a magical walk through the forest.

Whilst creating the "Magic Feathers" design I was workig on the theme of "flying" – this led to the feather motifs. Feathers as gifts from the sky, signifying honor. Connecting us to the birds and the gods of the sky.General inspiration: nature, ethnic, tribal, midcentury.Emerald palette: earthy, yet fresh, with a touch of mystical.Sorbet palette: soft and meditative. I love to see this design on a carpet – who wouldn't love to own a flying carpet?

Starting point of my "Rambling" design was a seed pod drawing. This led to a whole collection of patterns around the growing and rambling power of nature. I love the thought of nature overgrowing our world, as well as the idea of bringing the power of nature into our homes with this carpet design …